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Question about turbo mode!

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cobaltdog

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been hearing alot about the new boards having a feature called turbo mode, which is supposed to be a factory overclock of some kind or other. but i was wondering is it safe to run a system in turbo mode indefinitely? do you overclockers leave your systems in its overclocked state for everyday use or just for testing/gaming sessions?
 
I can't speak for everyone or everyone's systems and setups, but my rig in sig when stock does 3.4 GHz. When its idle or not much going on in the system, it down clocks to 1.6 GHz. I have it O/C to 4.5 GHz, but again, when its doing nothing, it still idles at 1.6 GHz. When I start a game or some other application that needs the power, it ramps up to 4.5.
 
Turbo mode will not damage the CPU. The reason for having Turbo is both AMD and Intel limit the frequency of their CPUs to fit into a TDP range when the cores are actually designed to be able to run at a higher frequency.
 
hrm well there's two kinds of "turbo" mode, but since you specifically mention it being supported in the BIOS, i think these are basic options that are preconfigured to run some overclock, say 4.4 instead of 3.9.

- these motherboard turbos can be okay, but they are known to overvolt the hell out of the cpu just to be stable, and its generally a bad idea to take a bunch of settings for other cpus and try to apply them to your own. its best to use the smallest voltage necessary for overclocking to prolong the cpu life.

now there's also intel and AMD turbo mode on the CPU, which takes the cpu up to a higher clock speed for one or two of the cores when its under load. that can be enabled/disabled in the mobo as well.
 
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